The Finance Ministry attributed the change to the country's efforts to encourage Arab students to study in Israel, by means of stipends and preparatory courses, along with an increasing difficulty of students who study in Palestinian universities to work in the health professions with a degree that isn't from a recognized Israeli institution

Israeli army releases additional footage of Khan Yunis tunnel where hostages were held ■ Dozens demonstrate in front of Netanyahu's house in Jerusalem demanding return of hostages ■ Gallant to hostages' families: 'Getting to the most sensitive places for Hamas advances us in achieving the two main goals in the war' ■ IDF: Israeli soldier thought to be captured was killed on Oct. 7, his body held in Gaza ■ Israel approves outline allowing transfer of funds to PA through Norway ■ Saudi FM: No normal Israel ties without path to Palestinian state ■ Two Hezbollah members killed in airstrike in Lebanon

Jewish history professor Derek Penslar is facing pushback by former members of Harvard's community – as well as support – after his appointment to the task force, which was created alongside a group combating Islamophobia

EU leaders up the pressure for a two-state solution in a foreign ministers' conference in Brussels. The EU's foreign policy chief says he intends to press ahead for an international process that would lead to a Palestinian state co-existing alongside Israel

Everyone must ask themselves if they would go fight Hamas or send their children to this war – one from which they might not return

Musk sparked outcry with his own tweets responding to a user who accused Jews of hating white people and professing indifference to antisemitism. 'You have said the actual truth,' Musk tweeted in a reply

'There is no real proposal from Hamas - it's not true,' the Israeli prime minister told hostages' family members during a meeting, a day after claiming that he rejected a deal proposed by Hamas because accepting it would mean that 'our soldiers would have died in vain'